Benzine Explosion. Unloading a Steamer's Cargo. PERTH
During the unloading of 3000 cases of benzine in the steamer Kurnalpi at Bunbury an explosion occurred, as a result of which two lumpers were badly…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921
300 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 15
Steamer on Fire. All Attempts to Extinguish Defied. PERTH
The State steamer Kwinana is on [?] with flames-beyond control. A fire [?]oke out in the coal bunkers on Christ[?]ias Day, when the vessel was between…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire broke out at Newcastle early on Saturday morning on the steamer Junee. The flames originated in the engineers' storeroom and quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Values. An Extraordinary Decline. LONDON
A review of shipping mentions the extraordinary decline in the value of Steamers since the beginning of 1920, when the price of new steamers between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Aboard a Steamer. Considerable Damage Caused. NEWCASTLE
A Stack of goods in the engineer's store room aboard the steamer Junee became ignited this morning. The engines and dynamo were greatly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Absent Without Leave. Members of a Steamer's Crew Imprisoned. SYDNEY
Four members of the crew of the Hororata, who absented themselves from duty without leave for periods up to two days, were charged at the Central…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—An Adelaide message states that the steamer Killalby, which received orders at Cape Borda on Wednesday to proceed to Port Victoria, has not yet…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Union Coy's, steamer Manuka left Sydney for Hobart this morning…
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MADRID, Tuesday.—The Spanish steamer Saint Isabel is a total loss off the coast of Villa Garcia, near the Island of Salvora. The steamer sailed from the Canaries with 200…
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The Spanish steamer Saint label is a total loss off the coast of Villa Garcia, near the Island of Salvera. The steamer sailed from the Canaries with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of Santa Isabel Sharp and Sudden Ending. (Published in the ”Times.“)
LONDON, Wednesday.—Apparently the Santa Isabel sank immediately. The ships replying to her S.O.S. signal asked her direction but received no reply. The survivors…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The steamer Makura, which was to have left Auckland for Sydney last night,, has been held up owing to trouble with the waterside workers. The latter…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A few hours before the steamer Walton Hall was booked to leave Port Adelaide for South Africa with a cargo of flour a fire was discovered in the…
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MADRID, Friday.—The Spanish steamer Friana entered. Villa-Garcia, after ignoring the plight of the Santa Isabel and not reporting the wreek. The naval authorities…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—A large quantity of redwood was washed ashore at Green Cape and identified as portion of the cargo of the American schooner Inca, which recently…
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HOME, Tuesday.—A steatmer took fire off Savona and disappeared. The fate of the crew is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania's Isolation. Unsuccessful Endeavors to Secure Passenger Steamer. HOBART
Mr. Robinson, manager of the State Shipping Department, has returned from Melbourne, where he unsuccessfully endeavored to secure a passenger steamer…
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The Navigation Department to-day received a message from the Pilot at Edon stating that portion of a deck house had been found floating off the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Case of Smallpox. American Mail Steamer Quarantined
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Owing to a mild case of smallpox on board, the American mail steamer Ventura, which arrived to-day from San Francisco, was sent into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foundered at Sea. Adventure on a Tug. Sydney
Two men on the tug Britannia, manned by a skipper and engineer, foundered a mile off South Head to-day. The crew managed to get clear before the…
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